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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 17, 2025
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This must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neo-realist masterpiece The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Returning to underappreciated films noir, we have Hidden Gem #10 They Won't Believe Me with its fascinating, twisted plot and antithetically noir central character.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Next is the highly engrossing and tension filled film noir The Steel Trap (1952)
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Monday, April 14, 2025
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"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past (1947) is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 10, 2025
My sincere apologies for missing yesterday’s “Dish of the Day”. Moving residences proved too time consuming in addition to having extremely limited internet access.
Today on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production although the film was later turned into one being first presented on stage in 1983.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 7, 2025
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Stanley Kubrick took the entire film community, along with noir fans, by (a perfect) storm with his innovative 1956 take on the caper genre, The Killing previously recommended here.
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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A film noir bonafide classic is 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
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MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983.
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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 28, 2025
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I previously wrote about MGM contract actor Robert Taylor appearing in a startling number of well crafted films when writing about 1941’s Johnny Eager. He also starred alongside some of Hollywood’s hottest leading ladies including Lana Turner in the aforementioned film and Ava Gardner in The Bribe (1949)
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present In a Lonely Place (1950, a 35mm print)
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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This next film to see is Fritz Lang’s 1952 Clash by Night
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Monday, March 24, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
1967's Hotel was taken, like 1970's Airport, from a novel by Arthur Hailey and is the far better crafted of the two films.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Today on TCM:
One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford.
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